Notebook·34 CDF art. 128-7·1960–1961

Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961H. de Contenson

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Handwritten in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 173 of notebook 34 CDF art. 128-7 (Excavation notebook of Contenson, 5th notebook, 1960 and 1961), handwritten in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 128-7, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

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From sector 110 to sector 114, rock reached over the whole surface between 0m40 and 0m60 of depth - In sector 111, where the rock table is at 0m50 on average, the road extends towards the East; its top is reached at 0m40 below the surface - Against the East limit of the trench, it is interrupted by an old excavation, made to reach a tomb situated under the road - In sector 112, lower course of a fine wall running along the road and fragments of other walls - In sector 113, opening of an tomb old excavation which had broken into a tomb - In sector 114, levelled wall remains founded on the rock -

In sectors 115 to 120, only a layer of surface humus of 0m20 has been removed - The excavation will be resumed later according to the possibilities of the area, as this trench serves as a spoil trench.

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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